It is September. We as consumers must be prepared for the overflow of new mobile phone handsets that are about to grace the market with their presence. This month is extremely important to the manufacturers to decide who his no. 1 - but more importantly, who will survive as a main player.
Yesterday, Nokia introduced its new Windows 8 phone. The Finnish giants have placed all their eggs in one basket. This phone may determine whether the company will manage to escape its downward spiral and also whether Microsoft can break into the mobile phone industry as well as Apple has.
Speaking of Apple, next week they launch their new iPhone. But, the company is so secretive about their developments, they haven't even announced a launch event. Like the New iPad, this will probably just be the New iPhone. In my opinion, they should really get a move on or else sales may trickle down as fickle consumers start believing that current models 'are so last year'.
Alongside all of this, Andriod models from Samsung, HTC, and Motorola (now controlled by Google) will be trying to push ahead of the rest. Looking at research reports from Gartner and IDC, it seems that the Andriod model and Apple iPhone has grabbed most of the market.
Andriod apparently had 68% of smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2012. The Apple iOS captured 17% while Blackberry operating system fell to 5% - less than half of what it had last year. Phones with Windows 7 just had 3.5% of the market.
Now consider the manufacturers' market shares of phones sold. Samsung has almost 30%, Apple has 19%, Nokia has 7.6% (including the soon to be extinct Symbian phones). RIM (5.2%) has fallen behind HTC (6.2%).
I would not bet against Samsung and Apply still being on top come christmas. The interesting part is to see how well Nokia, HTC, and Motorola do. Can they convince consumers that they have something cool, something different? I won't even mention RIM, seeing as Blackberry 10 is not out till 2013.
Yesterday, Nokia introduced its new Windows 8 phone. The Finnish giants have placed all their eggs in one basket. This phone may determine whether the company will manage to escape its downward spiral and also whether Microsoft can break into the mobile phone industry as well as Apple has.
Speaking of Apple, next week they launch their new iPhone. But, the company is so secretive about their developments, they haven't even announced a launch event. Like the New iPad, this will probably just be the New iPhone. In my opinion, they should really get a move on or else sales may trickle down as fickle consumers start believing that current models 'are so last year'.
Alongside all of this, Andriod models from Samsung, HTC, and Motorola (now controlled by Google) will be trying to push ahead of the rest. Looking at research reports from Gartner and IDC, it seems that the Andriod model and Apple iPhone has grabbed most of the market.
Andriod apparently had 68% of smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2012. The Apple iOS captured 17% while Blackberry operating system fell to 5% - less than half of what it had last year. Phones with Windows 7 just had 3.5% of the market.
Now consider the manufacturers' market shares of phones sold. Samsung has almost 30%, Apple has 19%, Nokia has 7.6% (including the soon to be extinct Symbian phones). RIM (5.2%) has fallen behind HTC (6.2%).
I would not bet against Samsung and Apply still being on top come christmas. The interesting part is to see how well Nokia, HTC, and Motorola do. Can they convince consumers that they have something cool, something different? I won't even mention RIM, seeing as Blackberry 10 is not out till 2013.
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